Getting the flock out of here - a diary of a crazy chicken man

Mrs Oz arrived safely.

Its time to go shopping

ozexpat said:

Mrs Oz arrived safely.

Its time to go shopping

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ozexpat said:

Mrs Oz arrived safely.

Its time to go shopping

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You two have fun, don't do anything we would do!

I am sure that we will comply. There is a thirty percent off sale at old navy

ozexpat said:

I am sure that we will comply. There is a thirty percent off sale at old navy

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load the car full, bring the trailer too

That little red trailer is possibly the best project we built at CocoBeach.

It has really saved abuse of the car and decreased our dependence on others. It has hauled everything asked of it.

My father on law just had a tow hitch installed on his Mitsubishi adventure also.

Even cousins are contemplating building one.

It's amusing because we were the source of amusement when we first built it.

Heaven help me if Mrs Oz buys that much at old navy.

I just sent seven boxes of clothes to the Philippines using LBC.

ozexpat said:

That little red trailer is possibly the best project we built at CocoBeach.

It has really saved abuse of the car and decreased our dependence on others. It has hauled everything asked of it.

My father on law just had a tow hitch installed on his Mitsubishi adventure also.

Even cousins are contemplating building one.

It's amusing because we were the source of amusement when we first built it.

Heaven help me if Mrs Oz buys that much at old navy.

I just sent seven boxes of clothes to the Philippines using LBC.

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I have 4 LBC boxes up stairs & 2 are already full

i'm sure the other will be once fall arrives here

we put names on a few things for Christmas

the rest all goes to my mother inlaw

she is going to flip out when she sees one of those boxes is full to the top with

almost new name brand shoes from the local dump

i guess when american kids outgrow their $80 shoes they just pitch em in the trash.....?

mama's store will get a bunch of pesos for them

she also does really well on bed sheets

there is no place in the province to buy any

so Marily snags all she can

piglett said:

she is going to flip out when she sees one of those boxes is full to the top with

almost new name brand shoes from the local dump

i guess when american kids outgrow their $80 shoes they just pitch em in the trash.....

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Kudos Piglett for recycling. So much is thrown out in this country that can be used by others.


On the radio there was a report that 30% of food produced in the US gets thrown out. That is too bad.

Finding dumped clothing makes me ill PHAGE OGM and others have given me bags and bags of clothes to send over.

I also scored a box of books from OGM.

The first two boxes will arrive in a week. The next five In a month.

I have two boxes in my living room as well as a EKG stress test machine to go next week. All of the clothes will go to the orphanage, the families of our workers who are very poor and the local health center for distribution.

It costs me 65 per box but it's so worth it as they can weigh over a hundred pounds.

When we first moved over we sent a container. It was about 4000 door to door.

My goal is to send another with a couple of jet skis and a Hobie Cat but that won't be for a few years. I will sell one Jet ski to cover cost.

The Philippines really has shipping down to an art.

ozexpat said:

Finding dumped clothing makes me ill PHAGE OGM and others have given me bags and bags of clothes to send over.

I also scored a box of books from OGM.

The first two boxes will arrive in a week. The next five In a month.

I have two boxes in my living room as well as a EKG stress test machine to go next week. All of the clothes will go to the orphanage, the families of our workers who are very poor and the local health center for distribution.

It costs me 65 per box but it's so worth it as they can weigh over a hundred pounds.

When we first moved over we sent a container. It was about 4000 door to door.

My goal is to send another with a couple of jet skis and a Hobie Cat but that won't be for a few years. I will sell one Jet ski to cover cost.

The Philippines really has shipping down to an art.

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LBC runs me $100 a box & i get a discount because we give the lady a couple dozen salty eggs

do your homework on the jet ski's

they sometimes like to tack on a 100% duty

pay up or don't get your stuff


if there was 1 thing i would want to send it would be a small kubota 4x4 tractor

even a 20 horse diesel with bucket & backhoe would make big jobs easy , fast too

maybe find a local guy to make me a tiller that runs off of the pto....life would be good!